HOW TO ENTER

About the awards

The World Mezcal Awards are the global awards selecting the very best in all internationally recognized styles of Mezcal. Presented by TheDrinksReport.com, the world’s no.1 online resource for drinks professionals, the World Mezcal Awards select, reward and promote the world’s best Mezcal to consumers and trade across the globe.

Boxed set: inclusion in the World Drinks Awards boxed set, featuring the winners

Point of sale materials including: stickers and collarets with your award in corporate collars

All country and world winners are featured in the annual Best Spirits publication

Medals, Certificates and Trophies receive…

Medal, certificate and logo pack

Country certificate and logo pack

World Style certificate and logo pack

World’s Best Trophies, certificate and logo pack

Taste categories

Añejo

Blanco

Extra Añejo

Joven Abocado

Reposado

Design categories

1 |Label design

This includes all aspects of on-bottle brand/product communication, including the application of any direct printing onto bottle, capsule or closure, as well as paper and film labels and sleeves. The pack will be judged on the overall design and quality of materials, print, decoration and application.

2 |Presentation

This applies to the secondary, outer, presentation packaging, such as cartons, boxes, cases, plinths, chests etc. The presentation will be judged on the overall effect with the bottle in place.

3 |Travel retail exclusive

Packaging created specifically for sale in the duty-free / travel retail market

4 |Limited edition

This category applies to pack designs where the number produced was limited, such as for a special production, occasion or season.

5 |Redesign / relaunch

This category refers to a new or refreshed packaging design created for an existing product and introduced to the market after February 1, 20i6. A picture or sample of the previous packaging must be supplied along with a description of what changes have been made and why

6 |New launch

Packaging for a new product launched after February 1, 20i6

7 |Brand design

This is a packaging design that carries through and unites a range or ‘family’ of different products from one producer or brand.

The judging process

TASTE

The taste judging is held in three rounds.

Round 1Each Mezcal is tasted in its relevant category to identify and select the category winners. Judges making up the World Mezcal Awards panel include international, leading journalists, specialist drinks retailers and industry experts.

Round 2The ‘Best’ Mezcal in each category are then tasted against each other to select the World’s Best Mezcal. Judges at this stage include those in

DESIGNAll DESIGN judging is conducted by a panel of leading international design experts.

Please send 3 bottles. If you have entered only in design, please only send 2 bottles.

Shipping

We are delighted to announce that we have teamed up with Procurus to provide a door to door shipping service exclusively for World Mezcal Awards entrants.

You only have to enter and pack, they will do the rest. Have you registered your entries already? Login to your account to book your shipment now.

If you wish to ship your entries yourself, please send them to the address supplied in your account. If you are shipping your entries yourself, please ensure that all customs, clearance and any associated costs have been paid. If these are not paid, World Mezcal Awards can either not accept the entries or will have to invoice any costs occurred, including a £25.00 administration fee.

Shipping deadline: All samples need to be received by 15 December 2018

Terms & conditions

Entries are only accepted on a completed online entry form with the appropriate entry fee.

Any entry form which arrives incomplete, late or illegible and any product which is late or damaged may be deemed invalid.

If an entry is withdrawn by the due date or disqualified, the entry fee will be returned subject to an administration charge of 50% of the entry fee. Products will be retained by the Organiser.

The judges’ decision on all matters is final.

The Organisers may, at their discretion, refuse to accept an entry.

The Organisers may alter the closing date for the awards, place an entry in the most appropriate style, rule that an entry may not compete or is ineligible to compete, or alter the date, time or place on or at which the awards are scheduled to take place.

The Chair of Judges has the power to disqualify any entry not deemed as meeting the entry criteria.

These rules are governed by the laws of the UK.

Please note: bottles will not be returned.

Our policy on unreturned bottles is as follows:

Opened bottles may be poured at trade and consumer events to promote the individual brand

Closed bottles may be distributed to individual charities on a case by basis, or presented for auction, all proceeds going to charity.